Check your passport!

Check your passport!

On Nov. 21, we a family of five traveled abroad for a holiday.
Everything seemed fine during our departure.

When we returned on Dec. 9, after surrendering all our five
passports to the immigration counter the officer by the name of
Ida returned my wife's passport and requested her to surrender
the passport she used for departure. With great surprise, we told
her each one of us had only one passport and my wife used the
same passport for departure.

The officer questioned my wife as to why her passport did not
have a departure date stamped on it.

We told her that could be due to the negligence of the
immigration officer during our departure. She did not agree.

After some threats, she demanded Rp 500,000 to resolve the
problem. As we were not carrying that much cash, we settled with
an equivalent of Rp 160,000 in several currencies.

Some advise for fellow travelers: Check your passport each
time before leaving the immigration counter.

LIM HENG CHENG
Serpong, Banten